Edgecombe Sanitarium
Edgecombe Sanitarium was a private hospital run by African American doctors in Harlem, New York City. It served patients "of considerable means"[1] who did not want to be served at the primarily white staffed Harlem Hospital.
| Edgecombe Sanitarium | |
|---|---|
| African American Doctors | |
| Geography | |
| Location | Harlem, New York City, New York, United States |
| Coordinates | 40.8184°N 73.9467°W |
| Services | |
| Beds | 12 |
| History | |
| Opened | 1900s |
| Closed | 1900s |
| Links | |
| Lists | Hospitals in New York |
| Other links | Hospitals in Manhattan |
Godfrey Nurse was one of the doctors who founded the hospital. The hospital had twelve beds.[1] It was started as the result of the Harlem Hospital having a primarily white staff.[2]
In 1925, the nearby Booker T. Washington Sanitarium was merged with Edgecombe.[2] In 1929, Edgecombe had treated 249 patients. Through fundraising, the hospital installed an x-ray machine.[3]
Gerri Major was part of its Woman's Auxiliary.
Notable patients
- Jean Carey Bond was born at the hospital.
- Eloise Bibb Thompson died at the hospital in 1928.
- Rudolph Fisher died at the hospital in 1934.[4]
References
- "Building a Healthy Black Harlem". Cambria Press – via Google Books.
- "Harlem's Hospitals". Digital Harlem Blog. 31 May 2010. Retrieved 19 November 2019.
- W. Douglas Fisher; Joann H. Buckley (10 November 2015). African American Doctors of World War I: The Lives of 104 Volunteers. McFarland. p. 253. ISBN 978-1-4766-6315-9.
- Rudolph Fisher (3 November 2008). The City of Refuge [New and Expanded Edition]: The Collected Stories of Rudolph Fisher. University of Missouri Press. p. 30. ISBN 978-0-8262-6658-3.
External links
- Receipt from the Edgecombe Sanitarium, February 18, 1931 from the W. E. B. Du Bois Papers at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst archives
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